Staple package



Det. 13, 1925 M.l voGEL STAPLE momen Filed Nov. a. 1923 Gemes* Patented Get. Y13, 19225.

UN1TED STATES 1,557,121 PATENT. OFFICE.

MAX VOGEL, or mANxFonr-oN-rHE-MAIN, cnam.

STABLE PACKAGE.

Application led November 28, 1928. Serial No. 677,478.

To all whom it may conce-rn:

Be it known that I, MAX VOGEL, a citizen of the Republic of Germany, residing at Fran-kfort-on-the-lllain, Germany, .have invented a new and useful Staple Package, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to improvements in staple packages and especially relates to improvements in staple packages such as could be used in the stapling pliers for which Letters Patent of the United States No. 1,043,-

883, were granted to me November 12, 1912.

The principal object of the' present invention is to provide a staple package by combining a desired number of -single staples such as used in such stapling devices or pliers, in one bar, so that these staples can be readily handled, shipped, and inserted into the magazines of the stapling device .without losing any of the staples, and

in a minimum amount of time.

Another object of the present invention is to provide staple packages by combining the single staples in bars in such manner that the same can be readily separated from v"one another for use, one at a time, in the `lili machine, without appreciable effort, and so that the ressure exerted when using the -stapling evice and es ecially the stapling p hers is very small. such stapling de- 'vices are ordinarily usedby girls, this is a feature -of especial importance.

Another object of the invention is to asf semble or combine a number of single staples in a sin le so'as to facilitate the vpointing 'of tflie staples and enable such pointing lto be done :by grinding with a minimum amount of 4Work after they have thus been combinedlina bar.

Another. object of the invention is to combine sta lesin bars ,so that the bars, which are -U-s aped, can be arranged Ain pairs in inverted position toward each other and thus enable them to be packed in a minimum Fig. 3 is a pers ective view of. two of my improved staple ars arrangedtogether in inverted position for packing.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of one of my improved staple bars on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 5 shows a modified form of my im-` proved stapling bar in which the staples are secured together by spot welding.

Fig. 6 is a similar' view of another modified form of the invention in which the staples are secured together by providing them with small irregularities on their sides andy by pressing the staples so formed together.

In accordance with my invention I arrange and unite together a number of single staples 1 to form a bar 2. Any suitable number of the staples may be thus united and combined. Usually in practice each bar consists of one hundred staples, but this may be varied at will.

The staples are arranged side by side and in accordance 'with the form of my invention whichhas given most satisfactory re sults, the staples are united 0r combined t0- gether by means 'of an adhesive 3. When the staples have been thus combined to form a bar, the ends of the staples can be readily pointed, with minimum work, by grinding them at opposite sides of the bar, as at 4.

When packing the staples the bars are arranged together in pairs in inverted position toward, each other, as shown in Fig. 3f

.thus effecting so compacta disposition o i the bars that they can be stored or packed in minimum space or in a container such `as a small paper box of minimum size. In accordance with the form of my invention shown inFig. 5, the staples which constitute the bar, are secured together by soldering, welding or the like asat 5.

Y In accordance with another form of my invention as shown in Fig. 6,-the staples are secured together byv providing them with small irregularities on their sides, as at 6, and by pressing the staples so formed together, so that the said small irregularities become united, thus forming the bar.

' Staples thus assembled and secured to form a bar, inl accordancg with any of the foregoing forms of my invention can be readily used in -stapli'ng pliers or devices,

such as covered by my patent, hereinbefore identified, and inserted into the magazine of such stapling pliers, without losing any staples and in a minimum amount of time,

` and are readily separated from the bar, one by pressing together a plurality of indiat a time, by the staple driver of the stapvidual staples arran ed side by side and 10 ling device, without ap reciable increased provided on their si e faces with small irexertion on the part of the operator. regularities which cause the individual 5 What is claimed is staples to adhere to each other.

A staple package for use in stapling ma- In witness whereof I aix my signature.

chines com rising a unit conslsting of staples detaclhably connected together formed MAX VOGEL. 

